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Gathering Alaska: Eat your weeds
I remember hearing someone from the community garden comment on how you could make a good pesto out…
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Wild Shots
Submit your wild shots: The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or…
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Off the Beaten Path: A day in Admiralty Island’s Swan Cove
On a particularly rainy day on Admiralty Island, my older brother Luke and I watched three land otters…
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Alaska Science Forum: Moose not easy to see on big Alaska river
On a day like this 121 years ago, a hungry U.S. Army explorer passed here at the mouth…
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Off the Trails: Visiting Laughton Glacier
Just before the summer solstice, I went with some friends to this little glacier north and east of…
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Dirt Girl: Garden check-in
All the work in spring begins to emerge around this time. Some of it offers nice surprises with…
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Every fourth grade kid in a park
The Tongass National Forest is handing out free Every Kid in a Park passes, but one has to…
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Acting superintendent named at Katmai National Park
Karen Bradford, a 25-year veteran of the National Park Service, has been selected as the acting superintendent of…
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DIPAC area closed to king salmon fishing
Starting today, sport fishing for king salmon and snagging will be prohibited within a 200-yard radius of the…
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Forest Service seeks help to preserve historic ranger boat
The Forest Service is seeking to find an alternative use of the historic M/V Chugach, the last wooden…
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Free cake at Skagway park’s 40th birthday
SKAGWAY — Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park will host a celebration of the 40th birthday of the…
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Behnken named interim halibut commissioner
Linda Behnken is replacing International Pacific Halibut Commission interim commissioner Jeff Kauffman as commissioner in the Alaska resident…
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Controlling elodea with data
Although the invasive water-weed elodea was officially eradicated from the Kenai Peninsula this summer, the statewide threat remains.…
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Alaska IPHC board member fined $49K for fishing violation, resigns
Jeff Kauffman resigned as the Alaska resident member of the International Pacific Halibut Commission on June 22, shortly…
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Alaska Science Forum: Summer solstice doesn’t mean maximum warmth
A person might think that since we get our maximum sunlight on the summer solstice (on or about…
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Spruce aphid: Small bugs, big problem
A larger-than-normal seasonal presence has hampered some Juneau inhabitants this Spring and Summer, impeding members of our locally-rooted…
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Off the Trails: June tide-pooling and a bear story
A minus 4 1/2-foot tide drew us out to check the intertidal zone. As we strolled across a…
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Time for another Quest on the Yukon
WHITEHORSE — The race roster is set for the 18th annual Yukon River Quest, which will begin on…
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Report: Temper expectations for sockeye price hike
The message on prices for Alaska’s sockeye fishermen from Juneau economics firm McDowell Group this season is good,…
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The Tongass National Forest moves to electronic mailing lists
KETCHIKAN — The Ranger Districts for the Tongass National Forest are switching their mailing list from snail mail…